Coast Trip # 2: Mendocino Botanical Gardens

Another over-the-top great garden visit on my recent trip with friend Wendy was to the Mendocino Botanical Gardens in Fort Bragg. Tony and I were there once five years ago or so; and I believe there's a new gardener weaving his magic there. Go, if you possibly can.

Up the Coast I: Digging Dog Nursery

Photos cannot possibly do justice to the experience of visiting this fabulous nursery (display gardens, really) on the coast above Albion. Only open by appointment, except for a couple Open Weekend events a year. Really lovely.



And featuring lots of varieties of Kniphofia, (or Red Hot Pokers, or torch lilies), which I've recently taken an interest in...

up (actually, this picture is from 'down') the coast

Up the coast photos-- to come.

roses against the sky

Graham Thomas, of course. (click to see it big)